Epidemiology Crossword

3. disease caused by an infectious agent, such as a virus or bacteria, and can be transmitted from one source to another
5. the scientific discipline that seeks to describe, quantify, and determine how diseases occur in populations and aid in developing methods of controlling those diseases
8. immunity that allows long-term resistance to a specific disease-causing organism
10. a living organism that can transmit infectious diseases to humans
12. a host's ability to resist a particular infectious disease-causing agent
15. a factor that causes or contributes to a health problem or condition
16. two words, short-term resistance to a specific disease-causing organism which can be acquired naturally or artificially

1. two words, time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the onset of symptoms
2. susceptible human or animal who harbors and nourishes a disease-causing agent
4. agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, worms, and insects
6. level of prevention that is the most cost-effective approach to ensuring population health through health promotion and education strategies and health protection policies
7. two words, refers to the information gathered from the ongoing registration of births, deaths, adoptions, divorces, and marriages
9. agent that is in the form of a liquid, solid, gas, dust, or fume
11. refers to the relationship between a cause and its effect
13. statistical measures expressing the proportion of people with a given health problem among a population at risk
14. the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data